The Story Behind the Orange Briefs

Folks that are close to me know that my favorite colors are green and orange. In fact, those two colors shamelessly predominate in my home decor. So I was particularly blown away by these briefs I spotted at the Charchek Underwear boutique and workshop in Guadalajara during a chance meetings with owners Cheko and Charly, in May, 2011. They gifted me the briefs—cute matching orange bag featured in the video, included. In gratitude, I vowed to not wear them until I had the chance to use them in a photo or video campaign that might be useful to the underwear design house.

My dear friend Carlos Caso had expressed interest in doing a more intimate photo shoot than those we had ever done before. So three months later, in August 20 of that year, we locked ourselves in at Casa Cupula for a few hours to produce a series of sexy photos, most of which are not for public consumption, alas. I also shot the video scenes used to produce the promotional video I just released.

Between then and now, Carlos moved out of town, I attempted to remain in touch with the Charchek boys for additional collaborations—unsuccessfully—and shelved the footage, which I actually hadn’t looked at, until three days ago, two years after it was shot.

(The truth is, I’m horribly insecure about video. It’s something that I am totally fascinated by, but know very little about. I’m in the process of learning as much as I can, on my own, about shooting techniques, editing, and so forth.)

Flash forward to earlier this week, when I decided to view the footage out of curiosity. As a general rule, I always let my images “sit” for a few days before I do anything with them. I feel it gives me more clarity to determine whether they are useful or not—let alone pretty! So, upon reviewing the footage, its purpose became as clear to me as sunlight. A few hours later, this version of the video was completed.

I have yet to wear the briefs Charchek gifted to me. But I believe I’ve reached a point in which I am worthy of them!